Sidelink Resource Reconfiguration for V2X Reliability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wireless communication systems, particularly in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, face challenges in efficiently managing resource allocation for sidelink communications, leading to potential overlaps and failures in periodic transmissions.

Innovation Solution

The proposed solution involves an apparatus and method that detect missing reception status feedbacks from peer devices, determine if channel quality is not the cause, and autonomously reconfigure sidelink transmission resources to avoid conflicts, thereby ensuring reliable communication.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If autonomous resource reconfiguration is implemented to resolve resource overlaps, then reliability of sidelink communication is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereliability of sidelink communicationVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The transmitting device autonomously detects missing feedbacks, determines resource overlaps, and reconfigures transmission resources without network intervention. This self-service mechanism resolves resource conflicts and improves reliability while avoiding the complexity of continuous network monitoring and control signaling.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system monitors reception status feedbacks from peer devices to detect transmission failures. By analyzing the absence of expected feedbacks and correlating with peer transmissions, the system identifies resource overlaps and triggers autonomous reconfiguration, creating a closed-loop feedback mechanism that improves reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If periodic transmissions are used for efficient resource utilization, then productivity is improved, but resource overlaps and transmission failures occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource utilization efficiencyVSAvoidtransmission success rate
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from static periodic resource allocation to dynamic resource reconfiguration. When transmission failures are detected through missing feedbacks, the transmitting device autonomously adjusts transmission parameters and reselects resources, enabling adaptive resource management that maintains productivity while improving reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary detection of transmission failures by monitoring for missing feedbacks before resource conflicts become critical. By identifying potential overlaps early through feedback analysis and peer transmission correlation, the system can proactively reconfigure resources to prevent future transmission failures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP3940980B1Reconfiguring resources for transmission
Publication Date: 2025.04.16 NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
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AI summary

Apparatus and method in a communication system for reconfiguring resources for transmission are disclosed. More than one sidelink transmissions are transmitted (300) to a second apparatus. It is determined (302) that reception status feedbacks are not received regarding a given number of sidelink transmissions. Transmission resource used for sidelink transmission is reconfigured (306) based on the determination.